Posted by: Rob Hof on October 01

Udi Manber, Google’s vice-president of technology for core search, joined the company almost four years ago after stints running Amazon.com’s A9 search project and serving as chief scientist at Yahoo….

Posted by: Rob Hof on October 11

Posted by: Olga Kharif on July 02

Shoe design goes more and more high-tech: Lunar Design, a company that designs everything from tooth brushes to cell phones, just announced it’s developed a running shoe that illuminates runners as they run in the dark.

Posted by: Steve Hamm on October 11

Managment consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton just released a new study of worldwide R&D spending by corporations and concluded there’s not much evidence that jacking up R&D investment delivers performance…

Posted by: Rob Hof on January 12

On the surface, this new reportfrom the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas looks pretty positive: High-tech job cuts fell 23% last year. But dig a little deeper, and the…

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